Recruiting radar: Lubern Figaro plays big-time game

Last week's update included a blog post discussing how Figaro is very much in the discussion to be named the top defensive players in the state of Massachusetts. The six-foot safety showed it Friday night by pulling down two interceptions during top-seeded Everett's 21-0 playoff victory over No. 5 Lowell.

Figaro was quoted after the game as saying, "I had to show up for my team this time. It’s the playoffs. Big-time players make big-time plays.”

It's no surprise that the 6-foot-5, 308-pound Deiter was a unanimous first team all-conference selection on both offense and defense as well as lineman of the year. Just take a look at the stats compiled by the Port Clinton News Herald — "Deiter recorded over 700 blocking points (98.7 percent effective rate), 53 pancake blocks and didn’t allow a negative play all season. Defensively, Deiter had 76 tackles, 11 tackles for a loss and 4 1/2 sacks."

“I was taking that (Arkansas) visit for myself, honestly,” said Gault. “I pretty much knew that I was going to go to Wisconsin. I love it at Wisconsin. The fans are crazy no matter what their record is. Even if I wasn’t from Wisconsin, I would want to go to Wisconsin because of how well I fit in there. I am all done with visits. We have two weeks here where we want to win state, so I am putting all the recruiting to the side.”

DeMatha advanced to the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference finals thanks in part to contributions from Deal and Jones. Deal only rushed for six yards, but scored a late three-yard touchdown to force overtime. Jones caught four passes for 96 yards.